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Create a poll

A poll in Microsoft Lync 2010 communications software consists of one question and up to seven possible choices. A meeting can contain many polls, but only one poll at a time can appear on the sharing stage, visible to all meeting participants.

Note: Only meeting presenters can create and manage polls. If you are not already a presenter, the meeting organizer or another presenter can make you one.

In the meeting window, click the Share menu, and then click New Poll.The Create a Poll dialog box opens.

Type a name for your poll, your question, and two or more possible answers.

Click OK.If no one else in the meeting is sharing, your poll appears immediately to everyone in the meeting with the words Poll is open at the bottom of the stage.If other sharing is taking place, you have the option to share your poll immediately, which would end the current sharing session, or save your poll in the content bin for later.

Show or hide a poll

As people respond to the poll, you and the other meeting presenters will see the results in real time.

To allow everyone in the meeting to watch the results, click the Show results to everyone button
at the bottom of the stage.

You or another presenter can switch back to hiding the results from meeting attendees.

To allow only presenters to watch the results, click the Hide results from attendees button
.

Edit the contents of a poll

Presenters can change a poll’s question or choices, either while polling is open (this restarts the poll) or privately, away from the general view. In either case, editing a poll erases any previous votes.

Edit a poll that’s currently being shared

At the bottom of the sharing stage, click the Edit poll question and choices button
.

Make your changes, and then click OKto make the changes public.Meeting members can now begin voting on the edited poll.

Edit a poll that’s hidden

If the sharing stage isn’t open, click the Share menu, and then click Show Stage.

Click Content List at the top of the stage, click the arrow next to the poll you want to edit, and then click View Privately.

Click the Edit poll question and choices button
.

Make your changes, and then click OK.

Do one of the following:

To start the edited poll, click the Open poll for everyone to votebutton
.